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Lexicon :: Strong's H990 - beṭen

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בֶּטֶן
Transliteration
beṭen
Pronunciation
beh'-ten
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root probably meaning to be hollow
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 236a

Strong’s Definitions

בֶּטֶן beṭen, beh'-ten; from an unused root probably meaning to be hollow; the belly, especially the womb; also the bosom or body of anything:—belly, body, as they be born, within, womb.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 72x

The KJV translates Strong's H990 in the following manner: belly (30x), womb (31x), body (8x), within (2x), born (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 72x
The KJV translates Strong's H990 in the following manner: belly (30x), womb (31x), body (8x), within (2x), born (1x).

  1. belly, womb, body

    1. belly, abdomen

      1. as seat of hunger

      2. as seat of mental faculties

      3. of depth of Sheol (fig.)

    2. womb

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בֶּטֶן beṭen, beh'-ten; from an unused root probably meaning to be hollow; the belly, especially the womb; also the bosom or body of anything:—belly, body, as they be born, within, womb.
STRONGS H990: Abbreviations
† I. בֶ֫טֶן noun feminineNumbers 5:25 belly, body, womb (Arabic bdb010508) — בּ׳ absolute Judges 13:7 +; בָּ֑טֶן Judges 13:5 +; construct בֶּטֶן Psalm 139:13 +; suffix בִּטְנִי Job 3:10 +; בִּטְנְךָ Deuteronomy 7:13 +; בִּטְנֵךְ Genesis 25:23; בִּטְנוֺ Job 15:2 +, etc.; —
1.
a. belly, abdomen, of man Judges 3:21, 22 of woman Numbers 5:21, 22, 27; as beautiful in form Songs 7:3; as seat of hunger Proverbs 13:25; as eating Ezekiel 3:3 (|| מֵעִים); compare Proverbs 18:20 (figurative); as seat of passion, avarice, etc. Job 20:20, 23; in figure of God's casting riches out of extortioner's belly Job 20:15 (|| וַיְקִאֶנּוּ), compare also Psalm 17:14; figurative of innermost part of man = inmost soul Proverbs 18:8 = Proverbs 26:22; Proverbs 20:27, 30 (all חַדְרֵי ב׳); as seat of intellectual faculties (= English breast or bosom) Proverbs 22:18 (compare מֵעִים Psalm 40:9) Job 15:2; Job 15:35; Job 32:18, רוּחַ בִּטְנִי Job 15:19; as trembling at theophany Habakkuk 3:16.
b. belly of hippopotamus Job 40:16.
c. בֶּטֶן שְׁאוֺל Jonah 2:3 (Jonah's prayer: || מְצוּלָה בִּלְבַכ יַמִּים).
2. body, opposed to soul Psalm 31:10 (opposed to נֶפֶשׁ), also Psalm 44:26 (opposed to id.; — on this compare ZimBp 71).
3. womb Genesis 25:23, 24; Genesis 38:27 (all J) Hosea 12:4; Job 10:19 (|| רֶחֶם Job 10:18) Ecclesiastes 11:5; Job 31:15 הֲלֹא בַבֶּטֶן עשֵֹׁנִי עָשָׂ֑הוּ did not he that made me in the womb make him (|| וַיְכֻנֶנּוּ בָּרֶחֶם אֶחָד); compare Psalm 139:13 תְּסֻכֵּנִי בְּבֶטֶן, & Jeremiah 1:5; especially ב׳ פְּרִי i.e. offspring Genesis 30:2 (E) Psalm 127:3; Isaiah 13:18; Proverbs 31:2 בַּר בִּטְנִי = my son (|| בְּרִי) compare בֶּןבִּֿטְנָהּ Isaiah 49:15; of birth יָצָא מִבֶּטֶן Job 1:21; Job 3:11; Ecclesiastes 5:14; בֶּטֶן alone = birth Hosea 9:11 (|| לֵדָה, הֵרָיוֺן), compare Figurative מִבֶּטֶן מִי יָצָא הַקָּ֑רַח Job 38:29 out of whose womb came the ice ? compare לֹא סָגַר דַּלְתֵי בִּטְנִי Job 3:10 i.e. of my (mother's) womb; גָּחָה מִבֶּטֶן take, draw out of the womb, subject י׳ (i.e. cause to be born) Psalm 22:10; פְּרִי בֶטֶן used also of father Micah 6:7, compare Psalm 132:11 (David as ancestor of Messianic King); Job 19:17 בְּנֵי בִטְנִי sons of my body, of doubtful interpretation, perhaps = sons of my (mother's) womb, compare Job 3:10 (Ges De), i.e. my brother or men of my clan RSK 33 f., others my sons (Ew), my grandsons (Di); also in addressing Israel as a whole (masculine suffix) Deuteronomy 7:13; Deuteronomy 28:4, 11, 18, 53; Deuteronomy 30:9, compare מַחֲמַדֵּי בִטְנָם Hosea 9:16 beloved ones of their womb; (מִבֶּטֶן) מִןהַֿבֶּטֶן = from birth Judges 13:5, 7; Psalm 58:4; Psalm 71:6, compare also Isaiah 44:2, 24; Isaiah 46:3 (|| רָחַ֑ם) Isaiah 48:8; Isaiah 49:1, 5; מִבֶּטֶן נִמִּי id. Judges 16:17; Job 31:18; Psalm 22:11 (|| רֶחֶם).
4. architectural word of some rounded projection connected with the two pillars Jachin & Boaz 1 Kings 7:20 (Klo reads הבית).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

25:23; 25:23; 25:24; 30:2; 38:27

Numbers

5:21; 5:22; 5:25; 5:27

Deuteronomy

7:13; 7:13; 28:4; 28:11; 28:18; 28:53; 30:9

Judges

3:21; 3:22; 13:5; 13:5; 13:7; 13:7; 16:17

1 Kings

7:20

Job

1:21; 3:10; 3:10; 3:10; 3:11; 10:18; 10:19; 15:2; 15:2; 15:19; 15:35; 19:17; 20:15; 20:20; 20:23; 31:15; 31:18; 32:18; 38:29; 40:16

Psalms

17:14; 22:10; 22:11; 31:10; 40:9; 44:26; 58:4; 71:6; 127:3; 132:11; 139:13; 139:13

Proverbs

13:25; 18:8; 18:20; 20:27; 20:30; 22:18; 26:22; 31:2

Ecclesiastes

5:14; 11:5

Song of Songs

7:3

Isaiah

13:18; 44:2; 44:24; 46:3; 48:8; 49:1; 49:5; 49:15

Jeremiah

1:5

Ezekiel

3:3

Hosea

9:11; 9:16; 12:4

Jonah

2:3

Micah

6:7

Habakkuk

3:16

H990

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Strong's Number H990 matches the Hebrew בֶּטֶן (beṭen),
which occurs 72 times in 72 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 2 (Pro 22:18–Hab 3:16)

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:18 - For it will be pleasant H5273 if H3588 you keep H8104 them within H990 you,
[fn]That they may be ready H3559 on your lips. H8193

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:22 - The words H1697 of a whisperer H7279 are like dainty H3859 morsels, H3859
And they go H3381 down H3381 into the [fn]innermost H2315 parts H2315 of the body. H990

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:2 - What, H4100 O my son? H1248
And what, H4100 O son H1248 of my womb? H990
And what, H4100 O son H1248 of my vows? H5088

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:15 - As he had come H3318 naked H6174 from his mother’s H517 womb, H990 so will he return H7725 as he came. H935 He will take H5375 nothing H3972 H3808 from the fruit H5999 of his labor H5999 that he can carry H1980 in his hand. H3027

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:5 - Just H834 as you do not know H3045 [fn]the path H1870 of the wind H7307 and how bones H6106 are formed in the womb H990 of the [fn]pregnant H4392 woman, H4392 so H3602 you do not know H3045 the activity H4639 of God H430 who H834 makes H6213 all H3605 things. H3605

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 7:2 - “Your navel H8270 is like a round H5469 goblet H101
Which never H408 lacks H2637 mixed H4197 wine; H4197
Your belly H990 is like a heap H6194 of wheat H2406
Fenced H5473 about H5473 with lilies. H7799

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:18 - And their bows H7198 will [fn]mow H7376 down H7376 the young H5288 men, H5288
They will not even have H7355 compassion H7355 on the fruit H6529 of the womb, H990
Nor will their eye H5869 pity H2347 [fn]children. H1121

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:2 - Thus H3541 says H559 the LORD H3068 who made H6213 you
And formed H3335 you from the womb, H990 who will help H5826 you,
‘Do not fear, H3372 O Jacob H3290 My servant; H5650
And you Jeshurun H3484 whom I have chosen. H977

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:24 - Thus H3541 says H559 the LORD, H3068 your Redeemer, H1350 and the one who formed H3335 you from the womb, H990
“I, the LORD, H3068 am the maker H6213 of all H3605 things, H3605
Stretching H5186 out the heavens H8064 by Myself H905
And spreading H7554 out the earth H776 [fn]all H4480 H854 alone, H4480 H854

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:3 - “Listen H8085 to Me, O house H1004 of Jacob, H3290
And all H3605 the remnant H7611 of the house H1004 of Israel, H3478
You who have been borne H6006 by Me from [fn]birth H990
And have been carried H5375 from the womb; H7358

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:8 - “You have not heard, H8085 you have not known. H3045
Even H1571 from long H227 ago H227 your ear H241 has not been open, H6605
Because H3588 I knew H3045 that you would deal H898 very H898 treacherously; H898
And you have been called H7121 a [fn]rebel H6586 from [fn]birth. H990

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:1 - Listen H8085 to Me, O islands, H339
And pay H7181 attention, H7181 you peoples H3816 from afar. H7350
The LORD H3068 called H7121 Me from the womb; H990
From the [fn]body H4578 of My mother H517 He named H2142 H8034 Me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:5 - And now H6258 says H559 the LORD, H3068 who formed H3335 Me from the womb H990 to be His Servant, H5650
To bring H7725 Jacob H3290 back H7725 to Him, so that Israel H3478 might be gathered H622 to Him
(For I am honored H3513 in the sight H5869 of the LORD, H3068
And My God H430 is My strength), H5797

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:15 - “Can a woman H802 forget H7911 her nursing H5764 child H5764
And have H7355 no H4480 compassion H7355 on the son H1121 of her womb? H990
Even H1571 these H428 may forget, H7911 but I will not forget H7911 you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:5 - “Before H2962 I formed H3335 you in the womb H990 I knew H3045 you,
And before H2962 you were born H3318 H7358 I consecrated H6942 you;
I have appointed H5414 you a prophet H5030 to the nations.” H1471

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:3 - He said H559 to me, “Son H1121 of man, H120 feed H398 your stomach H990 and fill H4390 your [fn]body H4578 with this H2088 scroll H4039 which H834 I am giving H5414 you.” Then I ate H398 it, and it was sweet H4966 as honey H1706 in my mouth. H6310

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:11 - As for Ephraim, H669 their glory H3519 will fly H5774 away H5774 like a bird H5775—
No H4480 birth, H3205 no H4480 pregnancy H990 and no H4480 conception! H2032

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:16 - Ephraim H669 is stricken, H5221 their root H8328 is dried H3001 up,
They will bear H6213 no H1097 fruit. H6529
Even H1571 though H3588 they bear H3205 children,
I will slay H4191 the precious H4261 ones H4261 of their womb. H990

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 12:3 - In the womb H990 he took H6117 his brother H251 by the heel, H6117
And in his maturity H202 he contended H8280 with God. H430

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 2:2 - and he said, H559
“I called H7121 out of my distress H6869 to the LORD, H3068
And He answered H6030 me.
I cried H7768 for help H7768 from the [fn]depth H990 of Sheol; H7585
You heard H8085 my voice. H6963

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 6:7 - Does the LORD H3068 take H7521 delight H7521 in thousands H505 of rams, H352
In ten H7233 thousand H7233 rivers H5158 of oil? H8081
Shall I present H5414 my firstborn H1060 for my rebellious H6588 acts, H6588
The fruit H6529 of my body H990 for the sin H2403 of my soul? H5315

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:16 - I heard H8085 and my [fn]inward H990 parts H990 trembled, H7264
At the sound H6963 my lips H8193 quivered. H6750
Decay H7538 enters H935 my bones, H6106
And in my place H8478 I tremble. H7264
Because H834 I must wait H5117 quietly H5117 for the day H3117 of distress, H6869
[fn]For the people H5971 to arise H5927 who will invade H1464 us.

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